Object details
Object number
2.a.3.7
Creator(s)
Title
Works [Virgilius]
Date
October 1514
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
Latin
Publication Place
Venice
Binding Description
Full citron morocco, gilt edges
Description
1 vol., 220, [4] leaves : paper ; 17 cm. (8×)
Dimensions
19 x 13 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/8 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed (on tag): "Bound by R. Storr, Grantham"
Enclosed: typed bibliographic description.
Enclosed: paper strip, inscribed in pencil: "1514"
Provenance
Probably in the collection of Sir John Thorold (1734-1815), ninth baronet of Syston Park, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England.
Collection of Sir John Hayford Thorold (1773-1831), tenth baronet of Syston Park, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England.
Offered for sale by the auctioneers Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London on 12 December 1884, lot 2050.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller and publisher Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), London on 10 March 1887 for £20.
Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Bibliography
Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. The Syston Park Library: Catalogue of an Important Portion of the Extensive and Valuable Library of the Late Sir John Hayford Thorold, Bart (London, 12 December 1884), p. 188, lot 2050.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), pp. 2-3.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1922), p. 92.
Gallery
Long Gallery
Case
Dante Case
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